User blog comment:LegionZero/Nero's Parallels to Vergil and Sparda/@comment-967403-20140813075203/@comment-6769189-20140816071314

Some people use theme songs to link characters together, which is what they actually did with Nelo Angelo. A lot of people point out that when Nero gets DT and fixes Yamato, the music sounds very similar to Nelo Angelo's and thats another link to being Vergils son. Which brings me to an important rebuttle to that usual statemant, Nelo Angelo's battle theme was made to be similar to Sparda's to suggest that link. The music at that part also bears a strong resemblance to Sparda's theme. The name of the track is "Yamato 2- Awaken" so in the end it don't think the music is about Nero, but the sword.

Yes Vergil did love and care for his brother, but that isn't who I meant by someone he wants to protect. If he really did have a lover/child that he wanted to protect, Hell on Earth wouldn't keep them safe, so that statement couldn't have possibly(by way of logical reasoning) be who he was referring to. Vergil and Dante have this unfortunate(might be the word) relationship because of the lives they lead. Vergils "need" for power and disregard for humanity leads him to go through any means necisserry to get it. Dante wants to protect the world at pretty much all costs. Their roads aren't just opposing, they hit eachother going a few thousand miles an hour. Vergil, depite his love for Dante, sees him as an unfortunate obstical/casualty.